AAA: Gas Prices Jump in PA

Gas prices are 11 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.540 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Nationwide Trends:
As Americans settle into their fall routines, there has been very little movement at the pump nationally over the past week. Today’s average is $3.19 – the same as last week. Gas prices have been fairly stable for the last couple of months with only one significant increase at the end of last month. A seven-cent jump at the end of August was due to a storm that caused flooding at the Midwest’s largest refinery, the BP Whiting Refinery in Indiana. After the refinery came back online in just a few days, gas prices stabilized. Today’s national average is four cents more than a month ago, but eight cents less than a year ago.

The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station stayed the same this past week at 36 cents.

Western Pennsylvania Averages

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:      

$3.468      Altoona
$3.699      Beaver
$3.573      Bradford
$3.136      Brookville
$3.637      Butler
$3.093      Clarion
$3.420      DuBois
$3.544      Erie
$3.594      Greensburg
$3.666      Indiana
$3.681      Jeannette
$3.579      Kittanning
$3.452      Latrobe
$3.581      Meadville
$3.546      Mercer
$3.535      New Castle
$3.618      New Kensington
$3.599      Oil City
$3.612      Pittsburgh
$3.499      Sharon
$3.649      Uniontown
$3.599      Warren
$3.634      Washington
 

Quick Gas and Electricity Stats

Gas

The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.62), Hawaii ($4.47), Washington ($4.45), Oregon ($4.07), Nevada ($3.86), Alaska ($3.78), Arizona ($3.51), Idaho ($3.47), Illinois ($3.46), and Pennsylvania ($3.38).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.72), Texas ($2.75), Oklahoma ($2.75), Louisiana ($2.79), Alabama ($2.83), Arkansas ($2.83), Iowa ($2.85), South Carolina ($2.84), Tennessee ($2.84), and North Caroline ($2.87).

Electric

The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Alaska (52 cents), West Virginia (48 cents), Hawaii (46 cents), South Carolina (45 cents), New Hampshire (43 cents), Montana (43 cents), Kentucky (43 cents), Idaho (43 cents), Alabama (43 cents), and Arkansas (43 cents)

The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (25 cents), Maryland (27 cents), Missouri (28 cents), Nebraska (29 cents), Utah (29 cents), Delaware (32 cents), North Carolina (33 cents), New York (36 cents), and Pennsylvania (37 cents).

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 69 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members. News releases are available at news.eastcentral.aaa.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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